Keep top level comments as only solutions, if you want to say something other than a solution put it in a new post. (replies to comments can be whatever)
You can send code in code blocks by using three backticks, the code, and then three backticks or use something such as https://topaz.github.io/paste/ if you prefer sending it through a URL
Is there a leaderboard for the community?: We have a programming.dev leaderboard with the info on how to join in this post: https://programming.dev/post/6631465
Yes. I don't know whether this is a beehaw specific issue (that being my home instance) or a lemmy issue in general, but < and & are HTML escaped in all code blocks I see. Of course, this is substantially more painful for J code than many other languages.